Madison, WI
Founded in 1848
University of Wisconsin–Madison, commonly referred to as University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or Madison, is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin. Established in 1848, the same year Wisconsin became a state, the University of Wisconsin–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System and the oldest and largest public university in Wisconsin. The campus is vast, situated between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona. The main buildings include the core campus area, Bascom Hall, Music Hall, George L. Mosse Humanities Building, Van Hise Hall (home to the Foreign Language Department), and Grainger Hall (home to the Business School). The university consists of 20 schools and colleges offering over 136 undergraduate programs, 148 graduate programs, and 120 doctoral programs. It is renowned in political science, economics, sociology, natural sciences, and engineering, with sociology ranked alongside Princeton University and the University of California, Berkeley as the top in the country. Notable schools include the School of Education, Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, College of Engineering, School of Business, School of Medicine and Public Health, and Law School. The Wisconsin Badgers are part of the NCAA Division I-A and the Big Ten Conference, with 28 championship titles, and are famous for their football, basketball, and ice hockey teams. The university’s mascot is Bucky Badger. Famous alumni include artist Dale Chihuly, contemporary novelist Joyce Carol Oates, renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright, as well as many athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, actors, pilots, astronauts, politicians, military leaders, and Nobel Prize winners.